You can quit smoking!

Quitting smoking is the most effective action you can take to improve your overall health and prevent many diseases or illnesses.

It is hard to quit smoking and many people several attempts to quit before becoming a non smoker.
The OHC offers a Smoking Cessation Clinic to help you become a successful non smoker. We can help you develop an individual plan by selecting from many options that support smoking cessation. Even if you have attempted to quit before, there are many options to help you become smoke free.

The Occupational Health Clinic will provide this service to all faculty and staff without cost to you. You will be expected to purchase your own nicotine replacement products or related medications if they are used.

Call 936-0955 to schedule an appointment to let us help you begin to your quit plan.

HELPFUL LINKS

Vanderbilt Smoking Cessation Resources

• HEALTH Plus
  • Tobacco Cessation
  • Great American Smoke Out
• MyHealthAtVanderbilt.com

Overview

• Overview
  • American Cancer Society Guide to Quitting Smoking
  • National Cancer Institute Questions and Answers About Smoking Cessation
  • American Academy of Family Physicians Smoking: Steps to Help You Break the Habit
  • American Lung Association
    • Women and Smoking Fact Sheet
    • Smoking & Pregnancy
  • National Women's Health Information Center Smoking in Men
  • UpToDate Patient Information Patient Information: Smoking Cessation
• Quitting
  • American Lung Association Quit Smoking Action Plan
  • smokefree.gov You Can Quit Smoking Now
  • trytostop.org Quit Wizard
  • Surgeon General You Can Quit Smoking

Treatment

• Nicotine Replacement Therapy
  • American Academy of Family Physicians Nicotine Patch
  • American Lung Association Nicotine Replacement
  • American Heart Association Nicotine Substitutes/Nicotine Replacement Therapy
• Other Methods
  • American Cancer Society Other Methods of Quitting
  • Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Products To Help You Stop Smoking

Coping

• Stress
  • National Cancer Institute
    • Quitting Tobacco: Handling Stress
    • Quitting Tobacco: Handling Irritability
• American Cancer Society Quitting Smoking: Help for Cravings and Tough Situations
• Weight Gain
  • Weight-Control Information Network You can Control Your Weight as You Quit Smoking
  • InteliHealth Won't Quitting Make Me Fat?